@proceedings {
	title = {#MOOC friends and followers: An analysis of Twitter hashtag networks},
	author = {Costello, Eamon and Brown, Mark and Nair, Binesh and Mhichíl, Mairéad Nic Giolla and Zhang, Jingjing and Lynn, Theo},
	editor = {Kloos, Carlos Delgado and Jermann, Patrick and Pérez-Sanagustín, Mar and Seaton, Daniel T. and White, Su},
	abstract = {In this paper we present results of the initial phase of a project which sought to analyze the community who use the hashtag #MOOC in Twitter. We conceptualize this community as a form of networked public. In doing so we ask what the nature of this public is and whether it may be best conceived of as a social or informational network. In addition we seek to uncover who the stakeholders are who most influentially participate. We do this by using Social Network Analysis (SNA) to uncover the key hubs and influencers in the network. We use two approaches to deriving a network typology - one based on follows and on based on replies and compare and contrast the results.},
	year = {2017},
	month = {05/2017},
	publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
	edition = {1},
	volume = {10254},
	pages = {170-175},
	address = {Madrid},
	country = {Spain},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59044-8_19},
	url = {https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-59044-8_19},
	isbn = {978-3-319-59044-8},
	refereed = {yes},
	keywords = {MOOCs, networked publics, social network analysis, Twitter},
}